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Asked: 2026-05-11T09:45:30+00:00

I am having an issue with the Microsoft Visual Sourcesafe command line options that

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I am having an issue with the Microsoft Visual Sourcesafe command line options that I’m hoping someone has run across and can assist me with.

I have the following line in a DOS batch file.

'c:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual SourceSafe\ss.exe' GET      '$/Development Projects/Activity' -GL'C:\Compile\Activity' -R -Q      -Yname,password

When this line is executed in the batch file the following prompt appears …

Set C:\Compile\Activity as the default folder for project $/Development Projects/Activity?(Y/N)

I need to suppress this prompt in order to let the script run unattended. I thought the -Q option would allow silent running but it does not suppress this prompt.

I’ve searched and can’t seem to find an option that will remove this prompt. I don’t want to set the default folder for the project so I would like to default the answer to ‘N’ if possible.

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  1. I think Lieven’s answer may be a winner for you, but if it isn’t you can try piping an ‘N’ to the command to answer the prompt for you:

    @echo n | 'c:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual SourceSafe\ss.exe' GET      '$/Development Projects/Activity' -GL'C:\Compile\Activity' -R -Q      -Yname,password
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